Record numbers to consider emerging markets for their retirement funds

Record numbers to consider emerging markets for their retirement funds

Baring Asset Management

16 Nov 2015

United Kingdom

Investment - General

According to research from Barings Asset Management's retirement sentiment survey, 18% of non-retired people say they are likely to consider investing in emerging markets in the next year with a view to their retirement planning.

More details are generally available exclusively to subscribers of Perspective, the electronic pensions legal & regulatory information and news service. To read the summary, subscribers should launch Perspective and navigate via the Table of Documents to PensionSurveys >> Nov 2015 or click here (this link will not work in all circumstances). For further information about Perspectiveclick here.

According to a survey by Baring Asset Management, 83% of pension funds now have exposure to multi-asset strategies, an increase from 70% six months ago and 65% a year ago. The majority (60%) of managers who recently changed the asset allocation of their funds did so to reduce volatility, while 40% did so to match assets to liabilities more effectively.

More details are generally available exclusively to subscribers of Perspective, the electronic pensions legal & regulatory information and news service. To read the summary, subscribers should launch Perspective and navigate via the Table of Documents to PensionSurveys >> Mar 2014 or click here (this link will not work in all circumstances). For further information about Perspectiveclick here.

2.6 million Britons look primarily to employers for help with retirement planning

2.6 million Britons look primarily to employers for help with retirement planning

Baring Asset Management

16 Sep 2013

United Kingdom

Pensioners & Retirement, Investment - General, Automatic Enrolment

Research by Baring Asset Management (Barings) has found that about 2.6 million individuals who have not yet retired are most likely to turn to their employers for help with asset allocation decisions associated with their retirement planning.

More details are generally available exclusively to subscribers of Perspective, the electronic pensions legal & regulatory information and news service. To read the summary, subscribers should launch Perspective and navigate via the Table of Documents to PensionSurveys >> Sep 2013 or click here (this link will not work in all circumstances). For further information about Perspectiveclick here.

According to research from Baring Asset Management, British adults believe that only 52% of their retirement income will be generated from pension schemes. The research also revealed that 21% of respondents do not expect to generate any income from a pension whilst only 32% think that over 80% of their retirement income will be made up by a pension.

More details are generally available exclusively to subscribers of Perspective, the electronic pensions legal & regulatory information and news service. To read the summary, subscribers should launch Perspective and navigate via the Table of Documents to PensionSurveys >> Sep 2013 or click here (this link will not work in all circumstances). For further information about Perspectiveclick here.

Barings' research reveals highest number of people with no plans to retire

Barings' research reveals highest number of people with no plans to retire

Baring Asset Management

20 Aug 2013

United Kingdom

Pensioners & Retirement

According to a survey by Baring Asset Management (Barings), 40% of non-retired individuals, the equivalent of 14.7 million people, said they did not know when they would be able to retire.

More details are generally available exclusively to subscribers of Perspective, the electronic pensions legal & regulatory information and news service. To read the summary, subscribers should launch Perspective and navigate via the Table of Documents to PensionSurveys >> Aug 2013 or click here (this link will not work in all circumstances). For further information about Perspectiveclick here.

According to the latest research by Baring Asset Management, 13% of people say they are planning to rent or sell property in order to fund their retirement, up from 11% the previous year.

More details are generally available exclusively to subscribers of Perspective, the electronic pensions legal & regulatory information and news service. To read the summary, subscribers should launch Perspective and navigate via the Table of Documents to PensionSurveys >> Aug 2013 or click here (this link will not work in all circumstances). For further information about Perspectiveclick here.

Research from Baring Asset Management has found that 18% of pension fund managers believe that frontier markets provide the greatest potential for equity gains over the next ten years.

More details are generally available exclusively to subscribers of Perspective, the electronic pensions legal & regulatory information and news service. To read the summary, subscribers should launch Perspective and navigate via the Table of Documents to PensionSurveys >> Jul 2013 or click here (this link will not work in all circumstances). For further information about Perspectiveclick here.

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41% of Brits don't know where their pension is invested

41% of Brits don't know where their pension is invested

Baring Asset Management

17 Sep 2012

United Kingdom

Scheme Issues & Trends, Savings, Investment - General

According to research by Baring Asset Management, more than two in five adults (41%) are unable to remember how their retirement funds were invested when they last reviewed their pension arrangements. The survey also found that 45%, or 16 million non-retired Brits, have never reviewed their pension plans.

More details are generally available exclusively to subscribers of Perspective, the electronic pensions legal & regulatory information and news service. To read the summary, subscribers should launch Perspective and navigate via the Table of Documents to PensionSurveys >> Sep 2012 or click here (this link will not work in all circumstances). For further information about Perspectiveclick here.

According to research from Baring Asset Management, 23% of non-retired respondents would choose "friends and family" from a list of preferred advisers on pensions. Among those aged 18 to 24, only 25% would turn to a financial adviser or accountant for advice on pension asset allocation, whilst 37% would ask their family or friends.

More details are generally available exclusively to subscribers of Perspective, the electronic pensions legal & regulatory information and news service. To read the summary, subscribers should launch Perspective and navigate via the Table of Documents to PensionSurveys >> Sep 2012 or click here (this link will not work in all circumstances). For further information about Perspectiveclick here.

According to Baring Asset Management, over 2.1 million people in the UK aged between 55 and 64 are unsure of when they will be able to retire. The research also revealed that 12% do not plan to retire at all.

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Pensions not considered "retirement funding source" for 44% of Brits

Pensions not considered "retirement funding source" for 44% of Brits

Baring Asset Management

8 Aug 2012

United Kingdom

Savings, Investment - General

Research from Baring Asset Management has found that 44% of people do not currently expect to fund their retirement with pension savings. When asked which assets and investments form part of their retirement planning only 56% of people cited a pension, whilst 17% said that they expect inheritance to help fund their retirement.

More details are generally available exclusively to subscribers of Perspective, the electronic pensions legal & regulatory information and news service. To read the summary, subscribers should launch Perspective and navigate via the Table of Documents to PensionSurveys >> Aug 2012 or click here (this link will not work in all circumstances). For further information about Perspectiveclick here.

An online poll of UK pension professionals by Baring Asset Management (Barings) has found that the number of respondents citing greater asset diversification as a principal tactic for dealing with market volatility has increased from 47.6% to 63.8% over the past six months. Reviewing the investment portfolio more regularly is a tactic employed by 51.1% of respondents in an attempt to protect against volatility, while 34% are moving asset allocations to multi asset products.

More details are generally available exclusively to subscribers of Perspective, the electronic pensions legal & regulatory information and news service. To read the summary, subscribers should launch Perspective and navigate via the Table of Documents to PensionSurveys >> May 2012 or click here (this link will not work in all circumstances). For further information about Perspectiveclick here.

Baring Asset Management has released its annual poll of UK pension schemes, which reveals that 60% of UK pension professionals said that a fund manager's risk management process is 'very' important when awarding pensions mandates.

More details are generally available exclusively to subscribers of Perspective, the electronic pensions legal & regulatory information and news service. To read the summary, subscribers should launch Perspective and navigate via the Table of Documents to PensionSurveys >> Dec 2011 or click here (this link will not work in all circumstances). For further information about Perspectiveclick here.

The results of this year's Baring Asset Management poll of UK pension schemes show that 65% of respondents have recently changed their fund's asset allocation, with the same number now holding some degree of investment in multi-asset strategies.

More details are generally available exclusively to subscribers of Perspective, the electronic pensions legal & regulatory information and news service. To read the summary, subscribers should launch Perspective and navigate via the Table of Documents to PensionSurveys >> Nov 2011 or click here (this link will not work in all circumstances). For further information about Perspectiveclick here.

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45% of Britons do not know how their pension is invested

45% of Britons do not know how their pension is invested

Baring Asset Management

6 Oct 2011

United Kingdom

Savings, Investment - General

New survey results from Baring Asset Management reveal that 45% of British adults are unable to say if they chose the default investment option when they last reviewed their pension. 35% said they opted for the default option and 20% said they chose the fund allocations of their pension.

More details are generally available exclusively to subscribers of Perspective, the electronic pensions legal & regulatory information and news service. To read the summary, subscribers should launch Perspective and navigate via the Table of Documents to PensionSurveys >> Oct 2011 or click here (this link will not work in all circumstances). For further information about Perspectiveclick here.